Sunday , 16 August 2026

Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

MLS · 2026
Columbus Crew SC
2 – 0
Full Time
New York Red Bulls
Fri 17 Jul 2020 · 02:30 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+5' · FT 45+11'
Y 61' Amr Tarek
Eloy Room 89' Y
Youness Mokhtar 90' Y
Y 90' Kyle Duncan

Overview

Match Preview

Columbus Crew SC vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

Match Details

  • Referee Ismail Elfath
  • Referee Guido Gonzalez
  • Referee Ramy Touchan
  • Referee Chris Wattam
  • Referee
12 games this season 🟨 2.1/game ⚽ 6.2 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

11
4
5
Columbus Crew SC 20 games · Avg 2.8 goals New York Red Bulls
Last 5 meetings
2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls 2019-07-27 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-11-12 New York Red Bulls 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2018-11-04 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

Columbus Crew SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Jul New York Red Bulls H 2–0 W
12 Jul FC Cincinnati A 4–0 W
08 Mar Seattle Sounders FC A 1–1 D
01 Mar New York City FC H 1–0 W
06 Oct Toronto FC A 0–1 L
29 Sep Philadelphia Union H 2–0 W
New York Red Bulls
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Jul Columbus Crew SC A 0–2 L
12 Jul Atlanta United FC A 1–0 W
07 Mar Real Salt Lake A 1–1 D
01 Mar FC Cincinnati H 3–2 W
20 Oct Philadelphia Union A 3–4 L
06 Oct Montreal Impact FC A 0–3 L

Season Stats

Columbus Crew SC New York Red Bulls
#10 Position #8
20 Points 25
18 Played 18
5 / 5 / 8 W / D / L 7 / 4 / 7
26 Scored 29
28 Conceded 39
-2 GD -10
1.11 PPG 1.39
28% Win % 39%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
21% Clean Sheets
Columbus Crew SC this season
16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

Columbus Crew SC are 10th (20 pts). New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC
0-15
2/6
16-30
2/2
31-45
6/2
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/4
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
New York Red Bulls
0-15
6/4
16-30
2/1
31-45
5/5
46-60
4/7
61-75
1/5
76+
3/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Columbus Crew SC
Diego Rossi 6 G 1 A
Wessam Abou Ali 5 G 1 A
New York Red Bulls
Julian Hall 9 G 2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 7 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Columbus Crew SC have kicked off against New York Red Bulls. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Columbus Crew SC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 10' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 15' New York Red Bulls fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 20' Daniel Royer is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York Red Bulls tonight.
  • 22' Goal! Gyasi Zardes scores his 95 goal in 287 matches.
  • 27' Columbus Crew SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 32' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 286 games and scored 422 goals.
  • 37' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 42' Columbus Crew SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 46' Marc Rzatkowski is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cristian Casseres at the 46 minute mark.
  • 47' The deadlock is broken! Lucas Zelarayan gets on the scoresheet on 47 minutes.
  • 52' New York Red Bulls come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 57' Another substitution for Columbus Crew SC to replace Lucas Zelarayan by Youness Mokhtar on 57 minute.
  • 61' A meaty challenge results in booking for Amr Tarek on 61.
  • 66' New York Red Bulls has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 67' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Pedro Santos has done his job and it is now time for Luis Diaz to step up.
  • 72' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 77' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Chris Armas will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 81' The supporters are chanting for Jared Stroud. He replaces Daniel Royer on 81 minute.
  • 82' Columbus Crew SC ring the changes. Gyasi Zardes has done his job and it is now time for Fanendo Adi to step up.
  • 87' Sean Davis, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 89' A meaty challenge results in booking for Eloy Room on 89.
  • 90' That is a Yellow card for Columbus Crew SC. Youness Mokhtar will be fuming at that decision.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

Columbus Crew SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Caleb Porter

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Gyasi Zardes 4
Daniel Royer 4
Darlington Nagbe 3
Pedro Santos 3
Jonathan Mensah 2
Miguel Berry 2
Cucho Hernandez 2
Alex Muyl 2

Head to Head

2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls 2019-07-27 New York Red Bulls 2–3 Columbus Crew SC 2019-03-02 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2018-11-12 New York Red Bulls 3–0 Columbus Crew SC 2018-11-04 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls

Columbus Crew SC Form

2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls W 2020-07-12 FC Cincinnati 0–4 Columbus Crew SC W 2020-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Columbus Crew SC D 2020-03-01 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York City FC W 2019-10-06 Toronto FC 1–0 Columbus Crew SC L 2019-09-29 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Philadelphia Union W

New York Red Bulls Form

2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2020-07-12 Atlanta United FC 0–1 New York Red Bulls W 2020-03-07 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2020-03-01 New York Red Bulls 3–2 FC Cincinnati W 2019-10-20 Philadelphia Union 4–3 New York Red Bulls L 2019-10-06 Montreal Impact FC 3–0 New York Red Bulls L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.95 Columbus Crew SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.13 New York Red Bulls xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 59% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Columbus Crew SC57% Draw23% New York Red Bulls20%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 3.08
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 59%
41%
± 3.5 37%
63%
± 4.5 20%
80%

Double Chance

Columbus Crew SC or Draw
80%
Draw or New York Red Bulls
43%
Columbus Crew SC or New York Red Bulls
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Columbus Crew SC40% Draw42% New York Red Bulls18%
Actual: Columbus Crew SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11%
2 – 1
9.5%
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
8.3%
0 – 0
6.2%
3 – 1
6.2%
1 – 2
5.5%
3 – 0
5.5%
2 – 2
5.4%
0 – 1
4.4%
3 – 2
3.6%
4 – 1
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Columbus Crew SC

Handicap Columbus Crew SC covers Push New York Red Bulls covers
-2.5 16% — 84%
-2 16% 17% 67%
-1.5 33% — 67%
-1 33% 22% 45%
-0.5 55% — 45%
+0.5 79% — 21%
+1 79% 12% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Columbus Crew SC keeps clean sheet
33% ✗
New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.